Collar and neck-pad support.



F. W. LINDQUIST. COLLAR AND NECK PAD SUPPORT.

APPLICATION FILED OUT. 2, 1911.

Patented Jan. 9, 1912.

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COLLAR AND NECK-PAD SUPPORT,

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 9, 1912.

Application filed October 2, 1911. Serial No. 652,364.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK W. LIND UIST, a citizen of the United States,residing at lVinthrop,in the county of Sibley and State of Minnesota,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Collar and Neck-PadSupports; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to improvements in collar and neck pad supportsfor harness.

One obj ect of the invention is to provide a device of this characterwhereby the hame collar of a harness may be supported and prevented fromcoming into contact with the neck of the animal and irritating any soreplaces thereon.

A further object is to provide a support of this character which may bereadily applied and attached to the collar and which may be adjusted tofit the neck and hold the collar in the desired position.

With these and other objects in View the invention consists of certainnovel features of construction, and the combination and arrangement ofparts as will be more fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings; Figure 1 is a perspective view of myimproved coltical sectional view through the front pad and the forwardend of the pad spacing bar. Fig. 3 is a side View of lar supportingbars; Fig. 4 is a plan view of the same.

' My invention is designed to support a hame collar and to hold the sameout of engagement with any sore spots on the neck of the animal. lViththis end in View the in vention comprises a pad spacing bar lwhich maybe of any suitable length and is curved upwardly intermediate its endsas shown. To the rear end of the bar is riveted or otherwise secured arear pad and collar supporting strap, while to the forward end of thebar is adjustably secured a front pad and collar supporting strap 3. Theend of the bar to which the strap 3 is secured is provided with aplurality of screw holes 4 to receive a thumb screw 5 which is passedthrough the strap 3 thereby adjustably connecting the latter to thefront end of the bar. Between the head of the screw 5 and the strap isarranged a washer or wear plate the ends of the looped the lower ends ofthe rear one of the colbar 1 are front and rear neck engaging pads 7which, when the device is in place engage the animals neck at a suitabledlstance 1n 1 front and at the rear of the sore spot thereon. The pads 7may be of any suitable construction but are here shown and arepreferably in the form of elliptical shaped pieces of leather or otherflexible material.

The lower ends of the straps 2 and 3 are connected to the ends of collarsupporting bars 8 which are disposed on the opposite sides of the collarand hames preferably a short distance above the points where the tracesare connected with the hames. The ends of the straps 2 and 3 areinserted through slots 9 formed in the ends of the bars and the strapsare adjusted to any desired length by means of buckles 10 arrangedthereonand with which are engaged straps after being passed 9 in thebars 8. On the portions of the straps are arranged slides 11 whereby theends are held tothrough the slots gether in close engagement as shown.lar and pad support; Fig. 2 1s a detall ver- Connected with the rearstrap 2 and with pad 7 are diagonally disposed holding and adjustingstraps 12 the lower ends of which are adjustably secured to snap hooks13 by means of buckles 14. The snap hooks 13 are adapted to be engagedwith eyes 15 formed in the bars 8 near their forward ends as shown. Thestraps 12 are provided to hold the rear supporting strap and pad 7 andto prevent the same and the front strap and pad from slipping back onthe animal and the front strap and pad from coming into engagement withthe sore places on the animals neck. The lower ends ofthe strap 12 arelooped through the snap hooks l3 and are adjusted by the buckles 14 inthe same manner as described in connection with thesupporting straps 2and 3.

The ends of the bars 8 are curved outwardly to a slight extent thuspreventing said ends from coming into engagement with the shoulder andsides of the animal and in the upper edges of the bars midway betweentheir ends are formed rectangular notches 16 with which are adjustablyengaged metal clips 17 in the ends of which are formed alined slots 18.lVith the slots 18 in the clips 17 are engaged haine attaching straps 19which are adapted to be buckled through the loops or staples in thehames to which the forward ends of the traces are secured. After thestraps 19 have been thus engaged with the hames the supporting straps 2and 3 are adjusted to lift the hames and the collar upwardly and tosupport the same in elevated position with the upper end of the collarabove and out of contact with the sore place on the animals neck thuspreventing the collar from irritating the same.

By means of a pad and collar support constructed in accordance with myinvention it will be seen that the hame collar may be held in positionabove the upper edge of the neck of the animal without interfering withthe use of the collar for draft purposes at the same time preventing thecollar from chafing and making sore places on the neck or fromirritating such places that have already been made.

From the foregoing description taken in connection with the accompanyingdrawings the construction and operation of the invention will be readilyunderstood without requiring a more extended explanation.

Various changes in the form, proportion and the minor details ofconstruction may be resorted to without departing from the principle orsacrificing any of the advantages of the invention as claimed.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is;

1. A collar and neck pad support comprising a pair of collar supportingbars, said bars having slotted outwardly turned ends and having in theirupper edges midway between their ends a plurality of notches, a collarengaging strap adapted to be secured in one of the notches of said bars,front and rear supporting straps secured to the slotted ends of saidbars, adjustable holding straps secured at their upper ends to said rearsupporting straps, means to adjustably connect the lower forward ends ofsaid holding straps with said collar supporting bars, a spacing barsecured at one end tosaid rear supporting strap and having an adjustableconnection at its opposite end with said forward supporting strap, andpads secured to said supporting straps below the ends of said spacingbar.

2. A hame collar support comprising a pair of supporting bars, said barshaving in their upperedges intermediate their ends a plurality ofnotches, clips adapted to be engaged with the notches in said bars,collar attaching straps engaged with said clips whereby said bars areadjustably secured to the hames of the collar, front and rear adjustablesupporting straps secured-to the ends of said bars, adjustable holdingstraps secured at one end to said rear supporting straps and having adetachableconnection at their oppositeends with the forward ends of saidsupporting bars, a spacing bar secured at one end to the rear supportingstraps and having an adjustable connection at its opposite end to theforward support ing strap, said bar being curved upwardly between itsends, and pads secured to the front and rear supporting straps below theends of said spacing bar. I

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of twosubscribing Witnesses.

FRANK W. LINDQUIST. \Vitnesses: W

CHAS. W. QUANDT, BELLE LOFGREN.

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Washington, D. G.

